‘Opt-outs for religious objections will chill what is taught in schools,’ writes PEN America’s Elly Brinkley on ‘Mahmoud v. Taylor.’
Book Banning: A US Court Issues a Reversal in Texas
A court decision that some say ‘forsakes core First Amendment principles’ alarms freedom-to-read backers in the States.
Censorship Action: US Publishers and Authors Sue Florida
The newest of the book-censorship lawsuits in the United States says Florida’s sexual-content House Bill 1069 ‘must be stopped.’
Five Publishers Join PRH in Its Lawsuit of Iowa
Challenging a bill that prohibits books describing sex and sexual orientation in the state of Iowa’s school libraries.
US Court Blocks Book-Banning Elements of Iowa Law
Penguin Random House’s Dan Novack says plaintiffs are ‘extremely gratified’ by a US district court’s injunction on Iowa’s ‘SF 496’ law.
Penguin Random House Sues the US State of Iowa
Penguin Random House — along with the Iowa State Education Association, authors, students, and educators — is taking Iowa to court for its law against sexual content in books.